Re: WG: EIO DM-8401H ATA133 IDE Controller Card ( Silicon ImageChip ?!?)

From: Sergey Vlasov
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 12:37:38 EST


On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:47:52 +0100 Michael Labuschke wrote:

> Hi
> I bought an IDE Controller the other day ( non RAID version)
> See ═http://www.ivmm.com/eio/products_dm8401h.html
> As ist stated there should be linux support.
> No the problem is
> (output from═ cat /proc/pci
>
> ═ Bus═ 0, device═ 17, function═ 0:
> ═══ Unknown mass storage controller: PCI device 1283:8212 (Integrated
> Technology Express, Inc.) (rev 17).
> ═════ IRQ 11.
> ═════ Master Capable.═ No bursts.═ Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
> ═════ I/O at 0xd800 [0xd807].
> ═════ I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc03].
> ═════ I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007].
> ═════ I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
> ═════ I/O at 0xe800 [0xe80f].

http://www.ite.com.tw/productInfo/Download.html#IT8212%20ATA133%20Controller

The driver is complete shit... they do locking this way:

...
static spinlock_t io_request_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
...

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